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Top 14 Higher education institutions based in Portugal

RevenueBase identified 28 company matches for higher education institutions associated with Portugal as of November 2026 and tracks 15,079 professional contacts across them, including 4,488 with verified work emails. Lisbon is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for higher education institutions associated with Portugal, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

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28Companies
15,079Contacts tracked
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The 14 largest higher education institutions based in Portugal

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 28 company matches for higher education institutions based in Portugal, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchAveiro, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0003,032 contacts →

Exact match

“Created in 1973, the University of Aveiro quickly became one of the most dynamic and innovative universities in Portugal.”

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2Exact matchPorto, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,838 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1911, the University of Porto (U.Porto) is a benchmark institution for Higher Education and Scientific Research in Portugal and one of the top 200 European Universities…”

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3Exact matchLisbon, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,0001,405 contacts →

Exact match

“48 Bachelor's Degrees, 3 Integrated Masters, 49 Masters, 8 PhDs.”

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4Exact matchFaro, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,355 contacts →

Exact match

“Located in the south of Portugal, in a region of Mediterranean climate sought by thousands of tourists, the University of Algarve (UAlg) is headquartered in Faro, the capital of…”

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5Exact matchLisbon, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,203 contacts →

Exact match

“The history of the Universidade de Lisboa, the large spectrum of offered programmes, the high quality of its teachers and researchers, the continuing innovation effort, as well as…”

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6Exact matchCovilhã, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,0001,121 contacts →

Exact match

“A Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), é uma instituição portuguesa de ensino superior em expansão, alcançando o estatuto de academia, que recebe alunos de todas as regiões do…”

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7Exact matchCoimbra, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000667 contacts →

Exact match

“The University of Coimbra is an indisputable reference in higher education and research in Portugal, due to the quality of the courses taught at its eight Faculties and to the…”

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8Exact matchTomar, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500343 contacts →

Exact match

“The Polytechnic of Tomar is a young institution.”

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9Exact matchLisbon, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500343 contacts →

Exact match

“Fundada em Lisboa, em 28 de Junho de 1986, pela Cooperativa de Ensino Universidade Lusíada, crl, que, pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 117/2003, de 14 de Junho, se transformou na Fundação…”

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10Exact matchBeja, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200137 contacts →

Exact match

“Missão O Instituto Politécnico de Beja é uma instituição de ensino superior ao serviço da sociedade, destinada à produção e difusão do conhecimento, criação, transmissão e difusão…”

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11Exact matchValença, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20053 contacts →

Exact match

“A Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais (ESCE) é a mais jovem unidade orgânica do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo e está localizada no centro urbano de Valença – uma…”

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12Exact matchCastelo Branco, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20033 contacts →

Exact match

“A Escola Superior de Educação tem, ao longo do seu percurso, sabido afirmar-se pela qualidade e diversidade dos cursos que ministra, pelas competências académicas e científicas…”

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13Exact matchLeiria, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-50030 contacts →

Exact match

“Localizada em Leiria, no centro geográfico de Portugal, fica a apenas 130 km de Lisboa e uma hora e meia de carro do Porto.”

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14Exact matchSetubal, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-50024 contacts →

Exact match

“A Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal (ESTSetúbal/IPS) é uma das 5 escolas de Ensino Superior Público do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS).”

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Higher education institutions based in Portugal at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
29.8%Verified-email coverage
538.5Average contacts per company
201-500Median size (employees)
21.4%Largest-city concentration · Lisbon
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
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201-500
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501-1,000
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1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Portugal, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Portugal, over 28 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Portugal whose business descriptions match “higher education institutions” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 4,488 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “higher education institutions”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many higher education institutions are there based in Portugal?

RevenueBase identified 28 company matches for higher education institutions associated with Portugal as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Universidade DE Aveiro tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most higher education institutions?

Lisbon leads with 6 company records, followed by Porto (3) and Beja (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.